What time is sunset in Jaffna today?

Sunset in Jaffna is at 5:56 PM local time (Asia/Colombo) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Jaffna?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 9% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:06 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:48 AM.

Moonrise in Jaffna is at 3:48 AM and moonset is at 4:16 PM local time.

Jaffna is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Colombo · 9.67°N, 80.01°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:58 AM
Sunset	5:56 PM
Day length	11 h 59 min
End of civil twilight	6:17 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:42 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:06 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 01 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 42 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:48 AM

Moonrise	3:48 AM
Moonset	4:16 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.22°N, 145.36°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:17 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:37 AM	7:18 PM	1:28 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 14° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:28 AM	7:00 PM	1:14 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 9° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:20 AM	1:52 PM	7:36 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 59° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:24 AM	2:48 PM	8:36 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:42 PM	5:51 AM	11:44 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 82° toward the S.

Aurora near poles only. Jaffna is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.